See the poor, the old, and the young
spread out along the sands
like racks of lamb
with sun-soaked flesh.
Minions of Phoebus; votaries
in the cult of heliolatry
desiccating voluntarily – tanning in
cancerating sun-gleams,
lobstered by light.
Zachariah Rush
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sunbathers/
